Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued its draft guidance, Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products, on January 6, 2025. ...more
As the curtain closed on 2024, FDA issued a new draft guidance to assist clinical trial sponsors, investigators, and institutional review boards (“IRBs”) with defining, identifying, and reporting protocol deviations in...more
We recently posted on a new FDA draft guidance entitled “Postapproval Manufacturing Changes to Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products Questions and Answers,” aimed at providing “answers to commonly asked questions...more
On June 26, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its much-anticipated draft guidance on Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies....more
On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance setting forth detailed requirements for the submission of Diversity Action Plans (DAPs) by sponsors of certain clinical studies involving...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance with recommendations to help clinical trial sponsors determine when a data monitoring committee (DMC) would be beneficial for managing clinical trials...more
On February 13, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance entitled Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials (Draft Guidance). It provides sponsors and others involved in clinical trial...more
Continuing the trend over the past few years to promote diversity in clinical trials, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published new draft guidance on “Postmarketing Approaches to Obtain Data on Populations...more
FDA recently issued draft guidance with updated recommendations for implementing the International Council for Harmonisation’s (ICH’s) guidelines on good clinical practice (GCP). The goal of the draft guidance is to modernize...more
In this episode, Michael Hinckle and Rebecca Schaefer provide an overview of FDA’s recently issued draft guidance on decentralized clinical trials. They review the goals of the guidance to promote diversity in clinical...more
On May 2, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published draft guidance titled “Decentralized Clinical Trials for Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices” (the “Draft Guidance”). ...more
On May 2nd, the FDA published draft guidance regarding the use of DCTs to support the development of drugs, biological products and devices. In contrast to traditional site-based clinical trials, DCTs are characterized by...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published updated draft guidance for industry, Electronic Systems, Electronic Records, and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations–Questions and Answers (Draft...more
On March 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised draft guidance summarizing how it intends regulate the use of electronic systems, records, and signatures in clinical investigations to account for...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance on how it will continue to conduct remote regulatory assessments (RRAs) after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends. This guidance...more
On April 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new draft guidance to industry for increasing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials. The draft guidance, “Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of...more
Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a long-awaited draft guidance, Human Gene Therapy Products Incorporating Human Genome Editing, that addresses key considerations for the development of gene therapy...more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, decentralized clinical trials and remote patient monitoring and data acquisition became a necessity, accelerating the use of digital health technologies in clinical trials. Acknowledging that...more
Part of a New Joint Initiative with FTC to Deter Anti-Competitive Practices, Including False or Misleading Comparisons - On February 3, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released draft guidance providing...more
Last week, FDA published its draft guidance on civil money penalties relating to the ClinicalTrials.gov data bank to the federal register. The guidance addresses how the FDA Centers (CDER, CBER, and CDRH, for drug,...more
On 23 May 2018, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) launched a public consultation for a draft guideline concerning the responsibilities of trial sponsors for handling and shipping of investigational medicinal products for...more
In March 1997, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") published a final rule, codified in 21 CFR Part 11 ("Part 11"), establishing the privacy, security, and reliability criteria for electronic records and electronic...more
Embracing personalized medicine, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) released a draft guidance document titled Draft Guideline on Good Pharmacogenomic Practice (“Guidance”) on good pharmacogenomic practice with the stated...more
FDA emphasizes interoperability and outlines other best practices for effectively using EHR data in FDA-regulated studies. Acknowledging the increased use of electronic health records (EHRs) in clinical studies, and the...more
The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is extending the comment period for its Draft Guidance on Disclosing Reasonably Foreseeable Risks in Research Evaluating Standards of Care (Draft Guidance). Parties interested...more